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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Fandango On His WWE Release After 15 Years, NWA, Debuting At WrestleMania, Beating Chris Jericho

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Curtis Hussey (@dirtydangocurty) is a professional wrestler best known for his time as Fandango in WWE. He talks to Chris Van Vliet to talk about how he went from sitting in catering every week to becoming Fandango, including his debut match against Chris Jericho at WrestleMania and his catchy entrance music. He also talks about what it is like playing a comedic role in WWE, how Drew McIntyre helped him get a foot in the door in NWA, what’s next for him and more! Grab your Holiday Season Deal by going to nordvpn.com/cvv or use code CVV to get up to 73% off your NordVPN Plan + a bonus gift. Act fast because this offer is for a limited time only! If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

All systems are good.

0:01.4

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blee.

0:08.0

Greetings and salutations, my friends.

0:11.3

Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.

0:14.8

I'm CVV, Chris Van Blee.

0:16.4

Thank you so much for being with us on this one.

0:18.8

And there is a lot to dive into in this conversation.

0:23.7

Kurt Hussie, better known in WWE as Fandango.

0:26.9

Sorry, excuse me.

0:28.5

Fondongo.

0:30.4

He was also known as Johnny Curtis in WWE.

0:33.9

He's now known as Dirty Dango.

0:36.3

We recently saw him in NWA, but he hasn't done any interviews since being released from

0:41.9

WWE back in June after 15 years there.

0:45.8

So there's a lot of meat on the bone here, as they might say.

0:50.4

Also, the guy knows how to tell a great story.

0:52.9

Give him a follow on social media if you don't already.

0:56.0

Dirty dango Curti is what he goes by on there.

0:59.2

Chris Van Vleet is what I go by on there.

1:03.2

And if this is your first time here, it would mean so much to me if you could click

1:06.4

subscribe wherever you're listening to this right now.

1:10.0

Our fan of the week is Demo God, God

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